The Mindfulness Institute.ca

Last chance to register before the early bird deadline!

Our next Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Professionals program is February 7 - April 3

Together with other healthcare providers, educators, and other professionals, learn to mobilize your deep inner resources to facilitate learning, growth, healing, and enhance self-care.

Join Hannah Marsh and Cindy Grand for this 8-week online program, which follows the well-researched MBSR curriculum developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. We hope you can join us!

MBSR Mindfulness Training for Healthcare and Other Professionals — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Experience the renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in a community of professionals. A research-based program to enhance personal well-being and professional growth.

Registration is now open! Our next Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Professionals program is February 7 - April 3!

Together with other healthcare providers, educators, and other professionals, learn to mobilize your deep inner resources to facilitate learning, growth, healing, and enhance self-care.

Join Hannah Marsh and Cindy Grand for this 8-week online program, which follows the well-researched MBSR curriculum developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. We hope you can join us!

MBSR Mindfulness Training for Healthcare and Other Professionals — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Experience the renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in a community of professionals. A research-based program to enhance personal well-being and professional growth.

**Early bird deadline extended until Saturday!**

Together with other professionals, learn to mobilize your deep inner resources to facilitate learning, growth, healing, and enhance self-care.

Join Hannah Marsh, Certified MBSR Facilitator and Founder of The Art of Being Here, and Cindy Grand, who brings a wealth of mindfulness meditation and clinical experience. This 8-week program follows the well-researched MBSR curriculum developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Classes run Wednesdays, Feb. 1 - March 29. We hope you can join us!

MBSR for Healthcare and Other Professionals — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Program Dates : Orientation (mandatory): Wednesday, Feb. 1, 6:30-9:15pm MT Wednesday Classes: Feb. 8 to March 29, 6:30-9:00pm MT Saturday Retreat: March 18, 9:30am-2:30pm MT All times are in Mountain Time (Alberta) Please note: This will be a highly interactive web-based

Registration is now open! Our next MBSR for Professionals program is Feb. 1 - March 29!

Together with other healthcare providers, educators, and other professionals, learn to mobilize your deep inner resources to facilitate learning, growth, healing, and enhance self-care.

This 8-week online program follows the well-researched MBSR curriculum developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. We hope you can join us!

MBSR for Healthcare and Other Professionals — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Program Dates : Orientation (mandatory): Wednesday, Feb. 1, 6:30-9:15pm MT Wednesday Classes: Feb. 8 to March 29, 6:30-9:00pm MT Saturday Retreat: March 18, 9:30am-2:30pm MT All times are in Mountain Time (Alberta) Please note: This will be a highly interactive web-based

“Kindness is the thread that runs through the work of [D. W.] Winnicott, [John] Cage and the Buddha,” [Mark] Epstein writes, “each of whom discovered that noninterfering attentiveness — in a mother, an artist, a meditator or a therapist — is, by its very nature, transformative.”

What Unites Buddhism and Psychotherapy? One Therapist Has the Answer. In “The Zen of Therapy,” Mark Epstein weaves together two ways of understanding how humans can feel more settled in their lives.

We invite our MBSR graduates and other experienced meditators to join our next silent retreat with Priscilla Koop and Hannah Marsh!

Learn more here: http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca/silent-retreat

Yet another commonality between effective psychotherapies and Mindfulness- HEART!

“Psychoanalysis is in essence a cure through love.”

― Sigmund Freud, Letter to Carl Jung (1906)

What a wonderful event! Deep gratitude to CINS, Indian Summer Festival, Shushma Datt, and all the panellists for this wonderful conversation!

The CINI 2022 conference has got off to a great start, and we are thrilled to partner with them on an event titled 'Shakti: The Artistic and Healing Force' as part of our 'Artist as Healer' project. The panel will be a reflection on Women's health for our times, featuring master yoga practitioner and teacher Yogacharini Maitreyi, Dr. Farah Shroff, Takemi Fellow in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, and writer and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) expert Dr. Hannah Marsh of the Mindfulness Institute. Listen to these powerful thinkers speak of a decolonized approach to healing, and make a powerful case for the coming together of artistic and scientific approaches to find remedies against despair.

CINI 2022 is an international healthcare conference produced by our partners Canada India Network Society (CINS) and the Global Association of Physicians of South Asian Origin. CINI 2022 will bring together leaders to share barriers and solutions from a gender lens. The conference aims to open up new vistas of integrative thinking with thought leaders and practising physicians to share transformative innovative pathways for a healthy civil society.

To attend the talk or the entire conference (all online on Zoom), register for free here: https://thecins.org/cini-2022-program/

We're excited for this International Virtual Event from the Canada India Network Society this weekend, June 18-19th!

Our consultant, Hannah Marsh, will speak about mindfulness on a Sunday panel about integrative health and the artist as healer.

To learn more and register: https://thecins.org/cini-2022-program/

**One more week before the early bird deadline!**

Together with other professionals, learn to mobilize your deep inner resources to facilitate learning, growth, healing, and enhance self-care. This 8-week program follows the well-researched and highly experiential MBSR curriculum developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Classes run Wednesdays, May 4 - June 29. We hope you can join us!

http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca/shop/spring-2022-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction

MBSR Mindfulness Training Spring 2022 — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Program Dates : Orientation (mandatory): Wednesday, May 4, 6:30-9:00pm MT Wednesday Classes: May 11 to June 29, 6:30-9:00pm MT Saturday Retreat: June 18, 9:30am-2:30pm MT Please note: This will be a highly interactive web-based program using Zoom. You will need a high-speed

You're invited to join us for our next online offering of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Professionals - May 4 - June 29.

Together with other healthcare providers, educators, and other professionals, learn to mobilize your deep inner resources to facilitate learning, growth, healing, and enhance self-care.

This live and highly interactive 8-week program follows the well-researched MBSR curriculum developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. We hope you can join us!

MBSR Mindfulness Training Spring 2022 — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Program Dates : Orientation (mandatory): Wednesday, May 4, 6:30-9:00pm MT Wednesday Classes: May 11 to June 29, 6:30-9:00pm MT Saturday Retreat: June 18, 9:30am-2:30pm MT Please note: This will be a highly interactive web-based program using Zoom. You will need a high-speed

Join us for a silent retreat on Saturday, January 22, 9:30am-2:30pm MST!

MBSR graduates and other experienced meditators are invited to come together to nourish and support our mindfulness and well-being. Whether your practice has fallen away or you have a steady practice that would by nurtured by noble silence and the supportive presence of others, you're incredibly welcome at our retreat.

Online & by donation. Details at the link below.

Silent Retreat — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Silent retreats are held once or twice a year with Priscilla Koop and Hannah Marsh, currently online via Zoom. Our next retreat will be on Saturday, January 22, 2022, 9:30am - 2:30pm MST.

Healthcare workers - enjoy a free relaxation acupuncture session and some mindfulness tools on Sunday! Just a few spots left!

To register : https://wholefamilyhealth.janeapp.com/

For our other upcoming programs: http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca

Just a few spots left!

Healthcare workers - enjoy a free relaxation acupuncture session and some mindfulness tools!

We're delighted to partner with Whole Family Health to offer this Stress - FREE Clinic for Healthcare workers on Sunday.

In our Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs for healthcare and other professionals, we’ve been hearing from you about the increased stress of living and working during the pandemic. We want to acknowledge what you’ve been going through, and extend our support and gratitude in this small way in the hopes that you may access some evidence-based resources to reduce stress and enhance well-being.

To register : https://wholefamilyhealth.janeapp.com/

For our other upcoming programs: http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca

Are you a healthcare professional curious about mindfulness?

Join us for Introduction to Mindfulness for Healthcare Professionals! We'll explore through direct experience what mindfulness is and how you can incorporate it into aspects of your clinical practice to decrease occupational stress and enhance well-being.

Learn more and register here: http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca/shop/introduction-to-mindfulness-for-healthcare-professionals

We're excited to offer this program with Whole Family Health!

A free relaxation acupuncture session and some mindfulness tools!

We're delighted to partner with Whole Family Health to offer this Stress - FREE Clinic for Healthcare workers.

In our Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs for healthcare and other professionals, we’ve been hearing from you about the increased stress of living and working during the pandemic. We want to acknowledge what you’ve been going through, and extend our support and gratitude in this small way in the hopes that you may access some evidence-based resources to reduce stress and enhance well-being.

Healthcare workers – this is an invitation for some moments of reprieve!

To register : https://wholefamilyhealth.janeapp.com/

For our other upcoming programs: http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca

"I want to learn to rest
like a tree in winter"
- Heather Plett

As the days grow shorter and much of the living world slows down, we may find our own rhythms slowing, too. Around us, the human world is as busy as ever - holiday shopping, work events, family gatherings - and we might find ourselves powering through, trying to keep up. But what if, instead, we gave ourselves permission to slow down? What if we honoured this natural impulse to rest?

Join us for Sunday's Mindfulness & Creativity class - we'll explore restorative mindfulness practices, and give our minds some quiet space to reflect.

http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca/mindfulness-creativity

Photo courtesy of Hannah Marsh

To all frontline healthcare & support workers - we want to extend our support & gratitude in acknowledgment of all that you do!

We're honoured to partner with our friends at Whole Family Health to offer this Stress-Free Clinic for frontline healthcare & support workers. It's an opportunity to slow down and learn tools that you can carry with you to reduce stress and enhance well-being.

We invite you to join us for this free event on Sunday, December 19th!

Stress-Free Clinic for Frontline Healthcare & Support Workers | Whole Family Health As the holiday season unfolds, we want to take the opportunity to acknowledge, support & offer gratitude for the hard work & stress that frontline healthcare & support workers have had to endure throughout the pandemic. On December 19th, Whole Family Health is honoured to be teaming up with the Mind...

Registration is now open! Join us for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Professionals Online, Feb. 23 - Apr. 20.

Together with other healthcare providers, educators, and other professionals, learn to mobilize your deep inner resources to facilitate learning, growth, healing, and enhance self-care. This 8-week online program follows the well-researched MBSR curriculum developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. We hope you can join us!

MBSR Mindfulness Training Spring 2022 — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Program Dates : Orientation (mandatory): Wednesday, Feb. 23, 6:30-9:00pm MT Wednesday Classes: Mar. 2 to Apr. 20, 6:30-9:00pm MT Saturday Retreat: Apr. 9, 9:30am-2:30pm MT Please note: This will be a highly interactive web-based program using Zoom. You will need a high-speed

“Scientific understanding of mindfulness goes beyond mere stress-relief and requires a willingness to engage with stressors,” said Igor Grossmann, corresponding author of the project and a professor of social psychology at Waterloo. “It is, in fact, the engagement with stressors that ultimately results in stress relief. More specifically, mindfulness includes two main dimensions: awareness and acceptance.”.“Mindfulness might not provide an easy answer to the divisiveness that surrounds us, but an accurate understanding that includes the practice of acceptance may herald the re-emergence of sincere discussion and authentic connection.”

https://www-technologynetworks-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/amp/a-key-aspect-of-mindfulness-theory-is-being-misunderstood-355616

A Key Aspect of Mindfulness Theory Is Being Misunderstood | Technology Networks Mindful awareness is about both accepting and engaging with life’s challenges, and that’s what popularized concepts of mindfulness tend to miss, new research has found.Studying popular concepts of mindfulness, the researchers found most laypeople are confusing the practice with passive acceptanc...

Are you looking to refresh your mindfulness practice? Are you an MBSR graduate? If so, this 3-week program, Nov. 15-29, is a great opportunity to revitalize your practice.

"Whether your practice has continued steadily or fallen away, the invitation is to begin again. Everyone is invited to come together to offer one another the support and encouragement of our presence.

"Through it all, we’ll remember the “heart” in mindfulness – how heartfulness and mindfulness are one and the same. We may discover that heartful practices, like self-compassion and loving-kindness can nurture and support our mindfulness and well-being."

Offered by our friends at Whole Family Health with Dr. Alda Ngo and Hannah Marsh.

Online 3-week MBSR Refresher Program | Whole Family Health Revitalizing the Practice: Connecting to the Heart of Experience For MBSR Graduates Join us for this 3-week MBSR refresher program with Mindfulness Instructors, Hannah Marsh and Dr. Alda Ngo, who are both trained MBSR Facilitators with the Centre for Mindfulness Studies. Anyone who has completed an....

Staying up to date on recent mindfulness research!

To explore the benefits of mindfulness firsthand, check out our online programs here - http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca

More Evidence Mindfulness Is Effective for Migraine Mindfulness-based stress reduction improves episode frequency, related disability, depression, and quality of life in patients with migraine, new research suggests.

We love this poem! In our MBSR for Professionals programs, participants often report a shift in relationship to their clients - the personal and interpersonal practices from the program translating to an increased capacity to listen and be with their clients in this way.

The next 8-week online program starts Wednesday, October 6. The early bird deadline is next week.

For more information: http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca/mbsr-professionals

Healers, therapists, friends, and lovers!

When you sit with a friend in pain,
when their world no longer makes sense;
when confusion rages
and no rest is to be found.

Just for a moment,
will you resist the temptation
to make things better,
to reassure them,
to provide answers,
even to heal them?

Will you offer your stillness, your listening,
your presence, and the warmth
of your immediacy?

Will you hold them in your heart
with the same tenderness
of a mother holding her little one?

Will you embrace them where they are,
without needing them to change or transform
according to your own needs and schedule?

Will you stay close,
holding your own impatience and discomfort near?

Will you look into their eyes
and see yourself?

Will you stay in the inferno of healing with them,
trusting in disintegration,
knowing that you are only witnessing
the falling away of an old dream?

Sometimes in doing nothing
everything is undone,

and love is revealed to be
the only true medicine.

- Jeff Foster & Matt Licata

You're invited to join us for a silent retreat on Saturday!

As a community, we'll come together to nourish and support our mindfulness and well-being. Whether you're new to meditation, or your practice has fallen away, or you have a steady practice that would by nurtured by noble silence and the supportive presence of others, you're incredibly welcome at our retreat.

Saturday, September 11, 9:30am - 2:30pm MDT
Online & by donation. Details at the link below.

Silent Retreat — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Silent retreats are held once or twice a year. Our next retreat will be held on Saturday, September 11, 9:30am - 2:30pm MT, with Priscilla Koop and Hannah Marsh, online via Zoom.

Meditation can feel like a solitary activity, sitting quietly, witnessing our own direct experience, getting to know the habits of our minds. It can be tremendously valuable to take this time for ourselves. But that doesn't mean we have to do it alone. In fact, for most of us, the practice isn't sustainable alone; we may find support in a community, or sangha, to help nourish our mindfulness practice and our well-being.

We often hear from our participants about how valuable it is to practice together - even in this era of online classes, there's something special about practicing in community. And so we invite you to join us! Whether you're new to meditation, or your practice has fallen away, or you have a steady practice that would benefit from the supportive presence of others, you're incredibly welcome at our classes. Most of our programs are by donation - including the silent retreat on Saturday, Sept. 11, and our monthly drop-in classes.

We hope you can join our community of practice!

- From our September newsletter! To learn more about our programs and to sign up for our newsletter, visit http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca

(Photo courtesy of Brad Stewart)

Join Priscilla and Hannah for our next online silent retreat on Saturday, September 11, 9:30am - 2:30pm MT. All are welcome for this by-donation retreat.

http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca/silent-retreat

Silent Retreat — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Silent retreats are held once or twice a year. Our next retreat will be held on Saturday, September 11, 9:30am - 2:30pm MT, with Priscilla Koop and Hannah Marsh, online via Zoom.

Why meditate? Feel free to reply with your own answers!

Here's one reason that caught our eye this week:

Mindfulness meditations - like the body scan - can help develop interoception. As we practice, we become more adept at sensing the body from the inside. This may have tremendous value for our sense of well-being: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/15/the-hidden-sense-shaping-your-wellbeing-interoception

For a more in-depth look at mindfulness and interoception, including brain changes, and the added factor of trauma: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02012/full

Interoception: the hidden sense that shapes wellbeing There’s growing evidence that signals sent from our internal organs to the brain play a major role in regulating emotions and fending off anxiety and depression

Our MBSR Graduates are invited to join us for our next MBSR retreat on Saturday!
August 14, 9:30am - 2:30pm MT

MBSR for Professionals: Day of Mindfulness Retreat — The Mindfulness Institute.ca An online 8-week group led by Priscilla Koop and Hannah Marsh. Orientation (mandatory): Wednesday, June 30, 6:00-8:30pm MDT Wednesday Classes: July 7 to August 25, 6:00-8:30pm MDT Saturday Retreat: August 14, 9:30am-2:30pm MDT This retreat is open to our MBSR Graduates. If you’

Join us for our online mindfulness drop-in classes! All drop-ins are by donation.

The next class is Mindfulness & Creativity with Hannah Marsh on Sunday!

http://www.mindfulnessinstitute.ca/mindfulness-creativity

One more week to register!

Experience firsthand how mindfulness can help us manage stress more skillfully and enhance well-being! An 8-week program for teachers, healthcare professionals, and other professionals.

Summer 2021 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Professionals Online — The Mindfulness Institute.ca Program Dates : Orientation (mandatory): Wednesday, June 30, 6:00-8:30pm MDT Wednesday Classes: July 7 to August 25, 6:00-8:30pm MDT Saturday Retreat: August 14, 9:30am-2:30pm MDT Please note: This will be a highly interactive web-based program using Zoom. You will need a